“SIT tight and bide your time” – that’s the advice to farmer customers of Ulster Bank – following confirmation last week from the bank’s parent company...
FARMERS and landowners along the five possible Greenway routes between Athlone and Galway city have been strongly advised to get in touch with the project office...
FARMERS and beef finishers are pinning their hopes that the factories ‘prices slash’ last week will be short-lived given the market/supply situation. The meat plants have...
A DIFFERENCE of up to €35 per tonne in the prices farmers are paying for fertilisers has emerged in an IFA survey carried out across the...
A MAJOR change in the dates for the BEAM (Beef Emergency Aid Measure) confirmed last week by Agriculture Minister, Charlie McConalogue, has been welcomed by Galway...
UNLESS farmers are in a strong bargaining position with meat plants, it may be a better option to sell heavier cattle at the marts, Galway IFA...
WHILE the ‘dropping’ of the 5% livestock cut in the BEAM scheme now seems unlikely, the IFA are pinning their hopes on a six months extension...
CONNACHT IFA Regional Chair, Pat Murphy, has expressed ‘serious concerns and worries’ about the references last week at the IFA AGM by Agriculture Minister, Charlie McConalogue,...
